Theodore Enslin Papers
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Biographical/Historical note
Theodore Enslin was born in Chester, PA on March 25, 1925. He studied muscial composition with Nadia Boulanger and Francis Judd Cooke. He has two children, Deirdre and Jonathan Morton, from his first marriage with Mildred Marie Stout in 1945. He divorced in 1961 and married Alison Jane Jose in 1969, with whom he had a son, Jacob Hezakiah. Theodore Enslin has written many books of poetry, including Forms (1971-73), The Poems (1970), Views (1973), Synthesis (1975), Etudes (1972) and To Come, to Have Become (1966) for which he won the Hart Crane Award in 1969. Other awards include the Niemann Award in 1955 for his weekly newspaper column, "Six Miles Square." Enslin has also written a play, Barometric Pressure 29.83 and Steady (produced in New York in 1965), and an extended essay on Gustav Mahler published by Black Sparrow Press.
Arrangement note
The Theodore Enslin Papers are arranged in alphabetical and chronological order.
Missing Title
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Manuscripts
Scope and Content note
The Theodore Enslin Papers are a collection of correspondence and manuscripts written to and by Theodore Enslin between 1957 and 1975. Collection highlights include letters written by Paul Blackburn, Robert Bly, Carol Berge, Hayden Carruth, Cid Corman, Diane DiPrima, Clayton Eshleman, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Henry Rago and Gary Snyder.
SERIES DESCRIPTION:
Series I: Correspondence
Series I contains five boxes of correspondence with such notable literary figures as Paul Blackburn, Robert Bly, Hayden Carruth, Cid Corman, Diane DiPrima, Denise Levertov, Gary Snyder and Theodore Weiss.
Series II: Manuscripts
Series II contains two boxes of manuscripts by Theodore Enslin, including Forms I-IV and miscellanous poems and prose.
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People
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Theodore Enslin Papers; MSS 047; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Theodore Enslin Papers were purchased from Theodore Enslin between 1968-1975.
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Series I: Correspondence
A
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Abrams, Samuel
Aldan, Daisy
Allen, Donald
Anastas, Peter
Anderson, Lee
Antin, David
Antin, Eleanor
Ashman, Richard
Arnett, Carroll, undated
B, undated
General note
Beltrametti, Franco
Beum, Robert
Bealy, Harvey
Boulanger, Nasha
Braun, Henry
Bronk, William
Brown, William
Brubeck, Dave
Butterick, George
Banks, Russell, undated
Blackburn, Paul, undated
Bly, Robert, undated
Berge, Carol, undated
Bowering, George, undated
C, undated
General note
Calhoun, Douglas
Carroll, Paul
Childs, Barry
Chute, Robert
Coleman, Victor
Coupland, Ken
Curry, David
Cabassa, Stella Leonardas, 1965-1966
General note
see also legal size folder "Enslin"
(Cabassa is T. E.'s translator in Portuguese)
Carruth, Hayden, 1973-1974
Corman, Cid, 1964-1974
D, undated
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Dean, Nicholas
DeLoach, Allen
Dennison, George
DiPrima, Diane
Doyle, Michael
Durrett, Eustace
E, undated
General note
Eberhart, Richard
Emerson, R. W.
Evans, Paul
Eshleman, Clayton, undated
General note
(see also legal folder)
F, undated
General note
Fowler, Albert
Frank, David
Finlay, Ian Hamilton (see also legal folder)
G, undated
General note
Gerber, Daniel
Gitin, David
Glover, Albert
Greenberg, Al (1962-1968)
Griffin, John Howard
Griffith, E.
Goodman, Mitchell (re: Denise Levertov), undated
Geyerhahn, Gordon, 1970-1972
Greene, Jonathan, undated
Grieder, Ted [NYU], undated
Grossinger, Richard, undated
H, undated
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Hamady, Walter
Hanna, Charles
Hanson, Ken
Hay, John
Haydn, Hiram
Higgins, Dick
Hirschman, Jack
Hoffman, Daniel
Hough, Lindy (Grossinger)
Hopper, Jack
Harris, Marie, undated
Holsapple, Bruce, undated
I, undated
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Ignatof, David
Irby, Kenneth
J, undated
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Johnson, Ronald
Jones, Jeanetta
Johnston, George, undated
General note
(see also Legal Folders)
K, undated
General note
Kiralis, Karl
Kizer, Carolyn
Koller, James
Krey, Elizabeth
Kelly, Robert, 1963-1968
Kelly, Robert, 1969-1974
King, Basil [Martha], 1972-1974
L, undated
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Larson, Carl
Laughlin, James
Layton, Irving
Levendosky, Charles
Linick, Anthony
to La Belle, Christine, 1965
to La Belle, Christine, Jan.-Jun. 1966
to La Belle, Christine, Jul.-Dec. 1966
to La Belle, Christine, 1967
to La Belle, Christine, 1968
to La Belle, Christine, 1969
Levertov, Denise, undated
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(see Mitchell Goodman)
Lewis, Harry, 1965-1968
General note
{see also Legal Folders)
Lewis, Harry, 1972-1974
to Lewis, Harry, undated
Lish, Gordon, 1962-1963
M, undated
General note
Marlatt, Daphne
Metzer, David
Moraff, Barbara
Morris, Richard
Morris, Robert
Mottram, Eric
McCord, Howard, 1970-1972
McCord, Howard, 1973-1974
Martell, Charles, undated
Marton, John [Black Sparrow], undated
Merton, Thomas, 1968
Metcalf, Paul, undated
Metzger, Wendell, 1966-1970
Moore, Marianne, undated
N-O, undated
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Newberry, Samuel
Olson, Toby
Ossman, David
Oppen, George, undated
P, undated
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Perchik, Simon
Perkoff, Stuart
Phelps, Donald
R, undated
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Rago, Henry
Reznikoff, Charles
Rothenberg, Jerome
Randall, Margaret [El Corneo Emplumado], undated
Reyes, Carlos, undated
Rowan, Louis, undated
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(see also Legal Folders)
S, undated
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Samperi, Frank
Schreiber, Ron
Schwerner, Armand
Shahoud, Charles
Solotaroff, Theodore
Stefanile, Felix
Stock, Noel
Salstrom, Paul, undated
Sherman, Susan, 1962-1974
Shoemaker, Jack, 1970-1974
Silliman, Ronald, undated
Snyder, Gary, undated
Souster, Raymond H., undated
T, undated
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Thayler, Carl
Thurman, Eva
Tolstoy, Ivan
Turnbull, Gael
Taggart, John, 1966-1970
Taggart, John, 1971-1972
Taggart, John, 1973-1974
to Taggart, John, 1970-1971
to Taggart, John, 1972-1973
to Taggart, John, 1974
V, undated
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Valkenier, Willem A.
Varese, Louise
Van Dias, Robert
W, undated
General note
Wade, John Stevens
Webb, Jon
Williams, Loring
Williams, Paul
Wakowski, Diane, 1962-1974
Weil, James, 1963-1969
Weil, James, 1970-1974
to Weil, James, 1963-1966
to Weil, James, 1967-1969
to Weil, James, 1970-1973, undated
Weiss, Theodore; Whitney, John D., undated
Wieners, John, undated
Williams, Jonathan, undated
Wilson, Keith, undated
Wroth, Will [William], undated
Zukofsky, Louis, 1958-1971
Series II: Manuscripts
Forms I - printers copy, p. 1-100, undated
General note
[see also Galleys]
Forms I - printers copy, p. 101-198, undated
Forms I - page proofs, 112 pgs., undated
Forms II [The Tessaract] - printers copy, p. 183-265, undated
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[see also Galleys]
Forms II [The Tessaract] - p. 266-351, undated
Forms III - typescript of LXXIV-LXXV, p. 83 of printers copy, undated
Forms III - printers copy, undated
Forms III.2 - printers copy, undated
Forms IV - typescript XCVIII-XCVIX, undated
Forms IV.1 - printers copy, undated
Forms IV.2 - printers copy, undated
Misc. A-L, undated
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"The Belongings." Ms. (12 April 1962)
Etudes. Ms.
Etudes. Ts. 41p. (1972)
"Fascicles." Ms.
"The Log." Ms.
Misc. N-P, undated
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"A New Morality & Its Generation"
"Notes from a Line to a Line"
"Philo Logos"
"The Place Poem"
The Poems - Ms. (1966-1967); Ts. (1970), 1966-1967, 1970
The Poems - Page proofs, 1970
General note
[see also Galleys]
